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In 11 seasons with the Red Sox and Mets, Valentin had a .279 batting average, and accumulated a total of 1093 hits. He hit 124 career home runs, and had 558 runs batted in. Valentin is the only Major League player to have pulled off an unassisted triple play, hit for the cycle and hit three home runs in a game. [4]
The unassisted triple play, the perfect game, hitting four home runs in one game and five extra-base hits in a game are thus comparable in terms of rarity, but the perfect game and the home run and extra-base hit records require an extraordinary effort along with a fair amount of luck. By contrast, the unassisted triple play is essentially ...
On July 8, shortstop John Valentin executed an unassisted triple play in the sixth inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners—Valentin caught a line drive, touched second base, and tagged the runner coming from first base. [11] Alex Rodriguez made his major league debut in the same game, going hitless in three at bats. [11]
July 8 – In a game against the Seattle Mariners, shortstop John Valentin of the Boston Red Sox records the tenth unassisted triple play in Major League history. It is the first unassisted triple play for a player in the American League since 1968, which is also the last time it is accomplished by a shortstop. Boston wins, 4–3.
The triple play and unassisted double play didn’t stop Boston, which won 15-8 at Navin Field thanks to a 10-run sixth inning. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News.
John Valentin is the other player to have done both. Eric Bruntlett, a reserve second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, pulled off baseball's fifteenth unassisted triple play against the New York Mets at Citi Field on August 23, 2009. It ended a Major League Baseball game for the first time since 1927, as the Phils beat the Mets, 9–7 ...
Wambasganss completed the only unassisted triple play in World Series history in 1920. In other words, a person named Wambsganss eliminated three people at the end of a season. Kinda like how Tom ...
Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman talk about the Padres clinching a postseason berth on a triple play, the Dodgers sloppy night, the Tigers wild card inevitability and John Fisher’s letter to A ...